The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Paperback Set

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Paperback Set

by Charles Darwin
ISBN-10:
110800511X
ISBN-13:
9781108005111
Pub. Date:
09/24/2009
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
110800511X
ISBN-13:
9781108005111
Pub. Date:
09/24/2009
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Paperback Set

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex 2 Volume Paperback Set

by Charles Darwin

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Overview

In his introduction, Darwin reveals that for many years he had no intention of publishing his notes on this topic, 'as I thought that I should thus only add to the prejudices against my views'. By 1871, he felt that his fellow scientists would show a greater openness of mind to his arguments, even when taken to their logical conclusion and applied to the descent of man from the apes – the aspect of his theory which had been so widely mocked since the notorious question asked by Bishop Wilberforce at the Oxford debate of 1860: was it through his grandmother or his grandfather that Thomas Huxley, Darwin's champion, considered himself descended from a monkey? However, the book's focus on the area of sexual selection and the evolutionary importance of secondary sexual characteristics across the animal kingdom meant that the book was received without the public outrage that Darwin had feared.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108005111
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 09/24/2009
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics
Pages: 755
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 2.13(d)

About the Author

About The Author

Date of Birth:

February 12, 1809

Date of Death:

April 19, 1882

Place of Birth:

Shrewsbury, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831

Table of Contents

Volume I: Introduction; Part I. On the Descent of Man: 1. The evidence of the descent of man from some lower form; 2. Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals; 3. Comparison of the mental powers of man and the lower animals (continued); 4. On the manner of development of man from some lower form; 5. On the development of the intellectual and moral faculties during primeval and civilised times; 6. On the affinities and genealogy of man; 7. On the races of man; Part II. Sexual Selection: 8. Principles of sexual selection; 9. Secondary sexual characters in the lower classes of the animal kingdom; 10. Secondary sexual characters of insects; 11. Insects (continued)–Order lepidoptera; Volume II: Part II. Sexual Selection (continued): 12. Secondary sexual characters of fishes, amphibians and reptiles; 13. Secondary sexual characters of birds; 14. Birds (continued); 15. Birds (continued); 16. Birds (concluded); 17. Secondary sexual characters of mammals; 18. Secondary sexual characters of mammals (continued); 19. Secondary sexual characters of man; 20. Secondary sexual characters of man (continued); 21. General summary and conclusion; Index.
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